Apparatus for feeding live stock.



D. W; WRIGHT. APPARATUS FOR FEEDING LIVE STOCK. APPLICATION FILED JULYa1, 1908.

933,940. Patented Sept. 14,1909.

Unrrn DAVID W. WRIGHT, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

APPARATUS FOR FEEDING LIVE STOCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 14, 1909.

Application filed July 31, 1908. Serial No. 446,327.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, DAVID W. WRIGHT, citizen of the United States,residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State ofLouisiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Apparatus forFeeding Live Stock, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to apparatus for feeding live stock; and itcontemplates the provision of an apparatus for conveniently feeding hayand the like to animals.

With the foregoing in mind the invention will be fully understood fromthe following description and claims, when the same are read inconnection with the drawings, accompanying and forming part of thisspecification, in which:

Figure 1 is a general View of so much of a stock feeding apparatus as isnecessary to illustrate the best practical embodiment of my invention ofwhich I am aware. Figs. 2 and 3 are detail views of the hay receptaclewhich forms an important part of the apparatus.

Similar letters designate corresponding arts in all of the views of thedrawings, referring to which:

B is a hay receptacle constructed in ac cordance with my mvention. Asshown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the hay receptacle B comprises a section athaving in its lower portion two (more or less) rests Z), a section 0hinged at cl to the section a, eyes 6 arranged at opposite sides of thesection 0 and fixedly connected through comparatively long straps f withopposite sides of the section or, eyes 9 fixed to opposite sides ofsection 0 and adapted when the receptacle is closed to register with theeyes 6, b0 ts h adapted to rest in the registered eyes 6 and g and holdthe lower portions of the sections together, cables 71 connected to thebolts h and extending through guides 7' on the section 0, springs 70,disposed at opposite sides of the sections a and c and having coils andalso having arms connected to the sections a and 0, whereby when thebolts h are raised, said springs are adapted to separate the lower endsof the sections after the manner shown in Fig. 3, an imperforate bottomZ, hinged at m to the section 0 and adapted when the receptacle isclosed to bear at its free edge on the rests b,

' and a plurality of cables, preferably chains,

10, connected at one end to the section a and at their opposite ends tothe free edge of the bottom Z.

It will be understood from the foregoing that when the parts of thereceptacle B are in the positions shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and hay isplaced in the said receptacle, the hay will be supported by the bottom Zin the re ceptacle and the animal below the receptacle will be preventedfrom reaching and eating the hay. When, however, the bolts h are raisedby upward pull on the cables 2', the lower ends of the sections a and 0will swing apart, and the bottom Z will gravitate to the pendentposition shown in Fig. 3, whereupon the cables or chains 39 will assumethe positions shown in Fig. 3, and by so doing will form an improvisedrack which will serve to support the mass of hay in such manner that theanimal below the receptacle is enabled to conveniently reach and eat thehay.

It will be manifest from the foregoing that when it is desired to chargethe receptacle B with hay, the attendant has but to raise the bottom 1and close the lower ends of the sections a and 0 together so that therests b assume positions below the free edge of the bottom Z, and thenreplace the bolts 70 in the registered eyes 6 and 9, since when this isdone the receptacle is adapted to hold hay without liability ofaccidental precipitation of the same. It will also be noted in thisconnection that upon raising of the bottom Z the chains or cables 29will assume the pendent positions shown in Figs. 1 and 2, andconsequently upon release of the bottom Z the said chains by gravitatingwill assist the fall of the bottom and the separation of the lower endsof the sections a and 0. I prefer, however, to employ the springs 70 forseparating the lower ends of the sections a and c inasmuch as saidsprings are positive in their action and contribute to the reliabilityof the receptacle as a whole.

U is a cable through the medium of which the bolts it may be raised forthe purpose before described. when the left-hand end of the cable isreleased by means (not shown) that may be employed to normally hold itagainst movement. The cable U extends under a sheave W and is connectedwith a cable A which is passed around the sheave W and over a sheave Band is connected, in turn, with the before described cables 2'. Thus itwill be manifest that when the cable Uiis pulled toward the right, thebolts h of the receptacle B will be drawn, with the re of animals may besynchronously suppliedv with hay.

In addition to the practical advantages hereinbefore ascribed to mynovel apparatus, it will be noted that the apparatus embodies nodelicate parts and is therefore well adapted to withstand the roughusage to which apparatusof corresponding character is ordinarilysubjected.

As before stated the construction herein illustrated and describedconstitutes the best practical embodiment of my invention of which I amcognizant, but it is obvious that in the future practice of theinvention such changes or modifications may be made as fairly fallwithin the scope of my invention as defined in the claims appended.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters-Patent, is: r c

1. In an apparatus for the purpose de scribed, a hay receptacle havinggravitating means adapted, when raised, to form the bottom of thereceptacle, and other gravitatlng means ada ted, when the first namedmeans falls, to f drm therewith a hay rack.

2. In an apparatus for the purpose described, a hay receptacle adaptedto be enlarged at its lower end and having gravitating means adapted,when raised, to form the bottom of the receptacle and also adapted to bereleased by the enlargement of the receptacle, and other gravitatingmeans adapted, when the first named means falls, to form therewith a hayrack.

3. In an apparatus for the purpose described, a hay receptacle having adrop bottom and also having means connected and movable with, saidbottom, for forming therewith a hay rack.

4. In an apparatus for the purpose described, a hay receptacle adaptedto be enlarged at its lower end and having a drop bottom adapted to bereleased by said enlargement and also having means connected and movablewith said bottom for forming therewith a hay rack.

5. In an apparatus for the purpose set forth, a hay receptacle having adrop bottom and also having cables, adapted when the bottom falls, toform therewith a hay rack.

6. In an apparatus for the purpose set forth, a hay receptacle adaptedto be enlarged at its lower end and having a drop bottom and alsohavingcables, adapted when the bottom falls ,to forn'rtherewith a hay rack.

7. In an apparatus for the purpose set forth, a hay receptaclecomprising sections the lower portions of which are separable, means fornormally holding the lower portions'of the receptacle together, agravitating bottom hingedto one section and adapted to be held againstfalling by the other section when said section is in itsinormalposition, and cables connected withsaid section and the bottom andadapted on gravitation of the latter to form a hay rack.

8. In an apparatus for the purpose set forth, a hay receptaclecomprising sections hinged together at their upper ends and sepcablesconnected with said section and the bottom and adapted on gravitation ofthe latter to form a hay rack.

9. In an apparatus for the purpose set forth, a hay receptaclecomprising sections the lower portions of whlch are separable,

means for normally holding the lower portions of the receptacletogether, means for separating said portions when the same aredisconnected, a gravitating bottom hinged to one section and adapted tobe held against falling by the other section when said section is in itsnormal position, and means connected with said section andthe bottom andadapted on gravitation of the latter to form a hay rack.

10. In an apparatus for the purpose set forth, a hay receptaclecomprising sections hinged together at their upper ends and separable attheir lower ends and having jeyes adapted to be registered, meansadapted to cooperate with said eyes .for normally holding the lowerportions of the receptacle together, a spring adapted on withdrawal ofsaid means to separate the lower portions of the sections, a gravitatingbottom hinged to one section and adapted to be held against falling bythe other section when sald sec-' tion is in its normal position, andcables connected wlth sald section and the bottom and adapted ongravitation of the latter to form a hay rack.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing w1tnesses.

DAVID w. WRIGHT. Witnesses A. PANULLE, L. P. BRYANT, Jr.

